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Tonight, it was revealed that Adani breached their licence, spilling highly
polluting coal slurry next to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Adani got a
special licence from the Queensland Government to release discharge into
the Caley Valley Wetlands and the ocean from their Abbot Point coal
terminal.

Even
with this special licence to pollute, Adani exceeded their permitted limit
to the ocean by more than 800 per cent. The ABC is reporting
that Adani faces a possible multi-million-dollar fine.

It’s
outrageous they got this license and even worse that they massively
breached it. It’s outrageous that they turned the wetland black. Weeks
later, locals and scientists are still picking up coal.

Adani cannot
safely operate a coal port on a cyclone-prone coast. There’s no way we can
let them dig Australia’s biggest megamine – which threatens to drain and
pollute groundwater, wreck our climate and destroy our Great Barrier Reef.

That’s why
the ACF community is coming together like never before.

We're
holding Adani and our governments to account for this coal spill. There must be an
independent investigation. Consequences. And Adani’s proposed megamine must
not go ahead.

Seek themaximum penalty
possible against Adani over the major coal spill at
the Abbot Point coal port

Keep exposing the damage
Adani's coal will cause our reef, people and planet until they have no
choice but to walk away

Stop the money
by making sure our elected representatives understand the serious
environmental, financial and legal risks of giving public money to fund
Adani's mine

Build the movement
and support hundreds of leaders across Australia to run local
campaigns and distributed #StopAdani events this month

When the coal
spill first happened, our community exposed it. First, the mine’s cheer
squad pretended nothing was wrong. Then they tried to smear our reputation.
Then they tried to downplay the damage.

Now’s
the time for every person who wants to stop this mine to make one thing
perfectly clear: we’re here, we’re serious and we’re going to be heard.

Our community’s
power comes from our size, our passion and the generosity of people like
you, right across our wide brown land, giving what they can afford.

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